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The US built world’s greatest card system

By YVONNE-FAITH ELAIGWU The history of payments is, in many ways, the history of making value easier to move. We started at barter and are now at electronic transfers, with stablecoins suggesting that the next evolution is here. New payment methods rarely make their predecessors useless. Cash did not immediately eliminate barter. Cards did not […]
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HARDSHIP: Preaching isn’t enough, clerics should give – Pastor Isaac

By Obazee Osemudiamen The General Overseer of the Greathouse Altar of Fire Ministry, Pastor Chris Isaac, has urged clerics to inculcate a habit of giving, saying preaching isn’t enough. Isaac, who lamented the poverty rate in the country, said while salvation is for the soul, physical substance is required to retain the body. Speaking to […]

Gabon: Yet another sad day for democracy in Africa

Once they get to power, elected presidents become tyrants and see their citizens as subjects; they no longer believe in the efficacy of constitutionalism and rule of law; they find it easy to circumvent due process that was brought in and want to change the rules of the game to prolong their stay in power.

What hope for Bauchi’s education emergency engine room?

But for Bauchi State, the big consolation is that, through his record as minister of the FCT where he introduced the highly acclaimed Land Swap Model to address the triple problem of paucity of funds, poor infrastructure and shortage of accommodation, Governor Bala Mohammed demonstrated beyond disputation his credentials as a game changer who can be trusted to mastermind novel administrative initiatives and programmes.

The trials of Trump

Like Capone before him, Trump revels in attention. More than publicity, which gives oxygen to his brazen and unblushing denials, he is desperate to secure the Republican Party nomination. He hopes to further deploy the ticket to win the presidency and to pardon himself of any possible convictions.

Wike’s Political Dynamics: The road to FCT

While he worked for the success of his party in the abovementioned positions, he exerted the self-same energy in ensuring that his presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar failed to win in the state which has never happened since 1999.

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